"(Why no link Jim?)"
Because I named the source and am not in the habit of making things up, but there you go.
History on line (again)
"Do you not use the links I provide?"
All your "evidence has been an afterthought subsequently dug out to support former claims.
"No-one told them which buildings to occupy and defend."
They were a heavily outnumbered force who knew they were probably doomed to failure - their choice of venue was somewhere that would make te most impact.
Why did British soldiers choose to burn Cork City or Miltown Malbay or Lahinch or Ennistimon - that was a deliberate act of destruction and murder.
I have not "switched to the Tans - I was using the period to compare how the different groups of fighters behaved - both involved the behavior of British soldiers being used to suppress Irish independence and both were aspects of the Irish War of Independence.
You criticise one yet ignore the other - why?
Jim Carroll